Famous Deaths Happened In February - 27
Saturday, 17 May 2025
1167 On February - 27 robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies
1656 On February - 27 johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
1659 On this day in history death of henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)
1699 On February - 27 death of charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
1706 On this day in history john Evelyn, diarist, dies
1720 On February - 27 death of samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1731 Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1733 On February - 27 johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
1735 On this day in history john Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies
1779 On February - 27 jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1805 Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1844 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1852 On this day in history joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23 on this day in history.
1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46 on February - 27.
1887 On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
1892 Death of Louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821) on February - 27.
1913 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58 on February - 27.
1920 On this day in history alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72
1921 Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies on February - 27.
1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1932 Death of William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843) on February - 27.
1936 Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86 on February - 27.
1939 On February - 27 nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70
1940 Peter Behrens, German architect, dies on February - 27.
1941 On this day in history death of william D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895)
1942 On this day in history death of karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52
1943 Death of Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859) on this day in history.
1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen on February - 27.
1947 Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89 on February - 27.
1950 Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58 on February - 27.
1952 On February - 27 theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
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